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Acknowledgments

This research could not have been conducted without the assistance of Sam Cowan (USDA, Beatrice, NE), Scott Wessel (NE Game and Parks Commission), Jerry Steinauer (NE Game and Parks Commission), and the landowners in Gage County, NE who granted us permission to sample their fields. We are indebted to many individuals who provided assistance in the field, laboratory, and writing process including Ryan P. Kopf, Clint K. Meyer, Lewis K. Reed, Jared Urban, Ben Wodika, Stephanie Welsh, Dana Carpenter, Jake Jefferies, Kirsten Brown, and Luke Koett. This research was funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with additional support from the R. J. McElroy Trust.

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